Audition for Annex Theatre
Annex Theatre is now accepting ongoing, online general auditions. Performers are welcome to submit materials at any time through our General Audition Form:
Whether you’re an emerging performer or a seasoned artist exploring new creative territory, Annex offers a welcoming home for bold, adventurous work.
Currently Casting for:
ATOMIC WILD
Performances: December 3 - 19
Atomic Wild is a new interdisciplinary performance built from civic myth, memory, spectacle, and our enduring obsession with the future.
Moving between Seattle’s Century 21 World’s Fair, the uranium boom of the Atomic West, and 40 years of art-making at Annex Theatre, Atomic Wild looks at the strange promises we make about what comes next: the futures we advertise, the futures we build, and the stories that survive their makers.
Developed with the Annex community through a collaborative devising process, Atomic Wild asks: What do we inherit? What do we bury? What refuses to disappear? And what can the future hold?
wild, mysterious forces
written by M.K. Wessel
Directed by Kayla Walker
Performances: February 4 - 20, 2027
Stuck in an elevator—or is it a spaceship?—a Woman and a Man struggle to figure out if they’ve met before, if they’re strangers, if they will meet in the future, and who this Other Woman is who keeps showing up. As reality shifts around them, the trio find themselves caught in a duel of philosophy, sexuality, and power. Defying the laws of physics, this story bends time and space around a single life-altering event, and asks the audience to decide what is true—reality, or our perception of it?
Style notes: this show is a stylized science fiction told via dark comedy.
Content Advisories: This play is a metaphor for processing domestic violence. Contains suggestions of spousal abuse, discussion of gendered violence, PTSD, misogyny, implied assault; contains consensual and nonconsensual bondage.
Roles:
MAN
a Man. important. 30s-50s, charming, funny, full of feelings (though they are often disguised). Open to any size, shape, ethnicity, actor should be comfortant channelling 'Alpha' male archetype.
WOMAN
a Woman. timid, like women are. 30s-50s, awkward, well-meaning, not ready to face reality. Open to any size, shape, ethnicity, actor should be comfortable channeling (and empathizing with) 'Victim' female archetype.
OTHER WOMAN
another Woman. boisterous and unladylike. we don't Like her. 30s-50s, funny, confident, unapologetically too much. Open to any size, shape, ethnicity, actor should be comfortable channelling 'Rebel' female archetype.
ALIEN
an Alien. think of something that Crawls, like a spider. but it doesn't Crawl, ever. 20s-50s, confident, weird, smart, nearly omniscient. Open to any size, shape, ethnicity, actor should be comfortable channeling 'Explorer/Sage' archetype.
How Auditions Work
Submit once per season to be considered for all upcoming shows
Upload a resumé, headshot, and a short video audition
Note any productions that interest you
Season 40 shows are currently listed on the form, with additional opportunities announced through our Backstage email list.
Video Submission Requirements
Slate your name and pronouns
Two contrasting pieces (monologues or a monologue + song)
Total length under 3 minutes
Who Should Audition
Performers 18+
Actors, singers, dancers/movers
Artists excited by experimental, devised, or new-work development
People available for evening and weekend rehearsals
Those who value inclusive, anti-racist, anti-ableist, anti-sexist creative spaces
Annex Theatre supports bold voices. We strongly encourage audition submissions from underrepresented, marginalized, and global majority artists.
Compensation
Most productions include a stipend e.g. $150 for mainstages, $20 for readings.
Have questions? Contact our Artistic Director at ad@annextheatre.org